Cat diabetes. HELP!!!!!!!?

Diabetes in cats is related to the feeding of dry food. Your cat should be immediately placed on a diet of a quality meat canned (or raw) food with no gravy, and no added grains, fruits or vegetables. This will help you both balance his insulin levels, and potentially reduce his dependence on insulin. See the website http://www.yourdiabeticcat.com/ for more information about managing a cat with diabetes.

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If you have just been told that you have a diabetic cat, you may be afraid of what the future holds for your pet. The good news is that diabetes is not a death sentence for cats. Your cat may live a long and happy life with diabetes. All this requires is for you to care for your cat and provide the pet health supplies that he or she needs. The following information may help you understand what you need to do for your diabetic cat.

Regular checkups: If your cat has been diagnosed with diabetes, it is vital that you visit your veterinarian regularly. Your cat will need blood sugar checks to make sure that he or she is receiving the right amount of insulin. This should be done every 3 months or as frequently as your vet suggests. While diabetic humans can check their blood sugar levels at home, this is not possible with cats unless you buy a glucose monitoring system.

I have a diabetic cat who was diagnosed in December. It's a very manageable illness, and your cat will likely need a prescription diet and insulin. Did your vet diagnose your cat? If so, she or he should have given you instructions on what to feed and whether or not to start insulin injections. There's a yahoo group I belong to for people with diabetic cats--search groups.yahoo.com and you should be able to find it. My cat eats Purina DM (prescription diet), Innova EVO, and canned foods that are low-carb. After only a week on insulin he is controlled with just the diet. Some cats do go into remission and no longer need insulin.

Hope this helps!

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Please read my profile. Diabetes is not a death sentence, no life span lost and your cat can live a very happy long life

You do not need or want to feed special foods, Canned foods under 10% carbs are best. You do not want to feed the vet's prescription foods as it holds no value over comercially available canned foods. This list gives the breakdown

http://www.geocities.com/jmpeerson/canfood.html

You are going to need to give 2 shots a day. Please start at no more then 1 unit 2x a day regardless of the insulin. Stress at the vets can make their reading off by well more then 100 points

With this disease, you can go to 30 different vets and get 30 different treatments for your cat. You are the one that has to be in control and learn about this

Hometesting is the only way to know if it is safe to give insulin as well as giving you the info you need to treat this disease. I can teach you how

Contact me if you wish

http://www.petdiabetes.org/

There are feline rescue organizations that might be able to help her find a new home. I had a dog with diabetes and wouldn't hesitate to take in another diabetic dog though, yes, it's expensive and you have to give the shots, buy special food, etc. My diabetic dog was so brave, she never minded the shots but, poor thing, she hated the special food and forced herself to eat it. I had to dog-proof my kitchen cabinets because she learned to open them and drag out edible food!! yes, she opened a cabinet and ate half a loaf of raisin bread!! But she was the best dog and I still miss her.

well usually the vet will recommend a food for your pet to eat, it will probably be expensive though since it is a prescription food. also, the insulin you have to buy is extremely expensive; sometimes if you get it from a pharmacy it can be a bit cheaper along with the insulin syringes. just do me a favor and treat your cat for diabetes. at my animal clinic these people have a diabetic cat and they don't treat it and the poor cat is miserable. he comes in every few weeks and has to get an enema because he can't poop and he has mega-colon. it's horrible. it doesn't matter how much the insulin is, plus he probably doesn't get a large amount of the insulin so a bottle should last awhile, if he is a smaller cat.

Check out this website. I had 2 ( brother and sister ) who developed diabetes at age 6.